CHILDREN'S NURSERY ROBBED OF PLEASURES

For 22 years, the Love'N Care Nursery has relied on donations of televisions and other items to provide entertainment to its children.

But on Monday morning, co-owner Camille Stubblefield opened the day-care center and discovered two televisions, a videocassette recorder, a vacuum cleaner, calculator and a microwave oven were missing.

Stubblefield said a break-in left a window near the playground shattered and the business in the 4800 block of Southwest 61st Avenue in disarray.

Stubblefield said her insurance has a $1,000 deductible so she is not sure whether the $1,000 loss is worth claiming.

By day's end, many parents had already tried to save the day through donations to the center, which watches 50 children from ages 2 to 11. "The donations were how we got everything in the past," Stubblefield said. "I guess we'll start all over again."

Upon hearing of the lost electronic equipment, parent Helen Saunders persuaded a friend to lend the nursery a television and VCR for a week.

"They rely on that stuff to entertain the kids, especially when it rains," Saunders said.

Co-owner Leanne Sullivan said she is thankful for that kind of help. Years ago, parents helped the nursery survive a similar robbery.

"I was really happy from the response from the parents," she said. "They have been very helpful, very supportive."